Seasoning instrument.



C. P. PAULS.

SEASONING APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1912.

INSTRUMENT.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN F. PAULS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOWILLIAM 'W. SCOTT, 0F GHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEASONING INSTRUMENT.

Application filed November 23, 1912. Serial No. 733,088. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN F. PAULS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Seasoning Instru-.

ments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an instrument by which any solid substance, preferablyone more or less granular, such as salt and the like, may be insertedand left within any material, generally some type of eatable meat whichis perforable by the instrument. In other words while the invention isused primarily by butchers and market men for inserting more or lessgranular seasoning or curing material inside of comparatively largebodies of meat, it may be used for treating or our ing other articlesWithout departing from the broad principle of the invention.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the classdescribed which can be very easily and cheaply made, handled, andoperated, without being readily liable to get out of order. l

The invention consists in receptacle of greater or less length adaptedto be filled with curative or seasoning material and inserted within thebody to be seasoned or cured and there opened in such a way as to leavethe seasoning material within the body to be seasoned or cured, whilethe instrument itself is withdrawn from the body.

More in detail it consists in a device which leaves the seasoningmaterial along substantially the entire length of the opening in thematerial to be seasoned, and in other features and details which will bemore fully described and claimed hereafter.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an exterior view of an instrumentillustrating this invention in its preferred form in the position whichall the parts thereof assume when the instrument is filled withseasoning material and it is ready to be inserted in the meat or otherarticle which is to be seasoned. Fig. 2 shows the same device as Fig. 1with the cover moved to the position which it assumes when theinstrument has been opened within the article to be cured and is abouttional detail view on the line 4-4. of Fi 1. Fig. 5 is a sectionaldetail view on the dine 55 ofFig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detailed view on theline 66 of Fig. 1.

'Ihe larger part of the instrument cons1st's 1n a shaft or rod of metal10 having at its head or handle end a handle 12 adapted to be grasped bythe operator and at the other en an upturned shoulder 14. Intermediatebetween the ends of the rod and ad- ]acent to this shoulder 14: is anelongated receptacle 16 of any suitable shape and adapted to containwithin its central space Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

16* the seasoning material and adapted to be closed by any suitable formof cover 18. In the particular case here illustrated the receptacle 16and its cover 18 in closed position form a cylinder as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 4 but the particular shape of these parts 1s not material solong as a material space 16 is formed between the two as described.

The cover 18 terminates at one end in a screw threaded shank which.passes rotatively and somewhat loosely through shoulder l4 heretoforedescribed and enters the sharpened point 22 which is adpted to piercethe meat or any other soft material. The opposite end of the cover 18terminates in a similar shank 24 passing rotat-ively through a loop orband 26 which is permanently attached to the rod 10 and forms anelongated slot 30 at the side thereof within which the shank 24 may movetoward and from the rod 10 sufiicientlly so that the operator may, byusing the handle 28 on the outer end of the shank 24., rot-ate the cover18 from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 5 from thefull line to dotted line position of Fig. 6. The-use of the sharpenedpoint. 22 on one receptacle wall and the pivoting of the otherreceptacle wall thereto is very important as it gives the tool arigidity and an ability to penetrate the article to be salted orseasoned and also removes the possibility of springing or otherwisespreading the walls of the receptacle apart with consequent loss ofcontents before the tool has reached unloading position in the articleto he seasoned. While the receptacle 16 has been described as covered bymember 18, this latter member may be called the receptacle and themember 16 its cover without departing from the invention.

In the operation of the device the members 16'and 18 are rotated withreference to each other from the position of Figs. 1 and 3 toward thepositions of Figs. 2 and 5 sufliciently to permit the operator tosubstantially fill the space 16 with salt, pepper, sage or othermaterial with which it is desired to season meat or the like. Themembers are then turned back to the position of Fig. 4, in whichposition the space 16 is closed and substantially full of seasoningmaterial. While holding the parts by hand so that the cover 18 thusremains in this closed position the operator presses the sharpened point22 into the article which is to be seasoned to as great a distance asmay be desired, usually until the loop 26 is just outside the edge ofthe article being seasoned. Then the operator takes hold of the handles28 and 12 and by carefully turning one with reference to the other getsthe parts to the position of Figs. 2 and 5 in which positionsubstantially all of the material which was contained within the space16 as it entered the article to be seasoned is in immediate contact withthe wall of the article of the material and'is free from and clear ofthe receptacle 16 and cover 18 whereupon the operator pulls upon thehandle 12 and removes the instrument, thereby leaving this seasoningmaterial inside the wound or opening made by the instrument as itentered the article to be seasoned.

It is found that by inserting seasoning material for ham, tongue andbeef sides by this instrument the proper seasoning takes place inapproximately one-third the time requi ed where solutions containing theseasoning material are pumped into the article to be seasoned as hasheretofore been the practice, and in addition thereto the instrument ofthis invention does not carry any substantial quantity of air inside thearticle to be seasoned as is the case where pumping is practised, and inView of this non-insertion of air into the article to be seasoneddeterioration of the seasoned article does not take place along thelines of seasoning as in the case of articles seasoned. by the pumpingprocess well known in the art.

Of course, .difierentsized tools should be used in seasoning differentproducts, for instance, a smaller and shorter instrument will be neededin the case of tongue than in the case of a pork ham, and a much largerin strument will be needed for'seasoning a side of beef; It is alsoobvious that many variations in form may be made without departmg fromthe spirit of this invention.

By unscrewing sharpened point 22 from the shank 20 and by bending thestrap 26 away from the joint 30 all parts may be separated for repairand'cleaning.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is:

1. In a seasoning device, a receptacle body adapted to be insertedwithin an article to be seasoned having an opening along substantiallyits entire length, a cover closing said opening pivotally mounted uponthe body portion in bearings located near its opposite ends, the bearingnear the forward or entering end being carried by a sharp pointedmember, adapted to enter the object to be seasoned, for the purposes setforth.

2. A seasoning device, comprising two semi-circular sections hollowed tomake a seasoning receptacle space between them the same being pivotedtogether near their opposite ends so that they normally fit together toretain seasoning material within said space, the pivot at one end of thedevice being upon a sharpened pointed member adapted topenetrate thearticle to be seasoned, and there being handle members for each sectionof the device located near the opposite pivot, for the purposes setforth.

3. In a seasoning device, a pointed rod made up of two semi-circularsections hollowed to make a seasoning receptacle space between them andnormally fitting together so as to retain seasoningmaterial within saidspace, pivotal connections between said semi-circular sections onelocated at the point of the rod, the other located near its oppositeend, there being suflicient side movement within the respective pivotsto permit rotary move ment of the sections with reference to each otherwithout interfering with their, in normal position, fitting together toform the receptacle space as described, and means for rotating thesections with reference to each other.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN F. PAULS. Witnesses:

DWIGHT B. CHEEVER, WILLIAM W. Scorn.

